Robert Vesco

financier and fugitive

Died:November 23, 2007

Best Known as:American financier who allegedly stole $200 million dollars
from investors

Deathplace: Cuba

Robert Vesco was a financier who was a fugitive of the United States
government since 1972. Vesco was accused of steeling over $200 million
from investors in the 1970s. He was also charged with drug trafficking,
illegally contributing to President Richard Nixon’s campaign, and bribing
United States officials. Vesco escaped to Costa Rica and the Bahamas, but
was eventually caught by authorities in Cuba and spent 10 years in jail.
He spent the remaining years of his life in Cuba living with his
wife.